Epigraph:
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:7-9)
Karen Armstrong
No, Religion Does Not Cause All Wars – A Conversation With Karen Armstrong
Source: huffingtonpost.com Welcome to this week’s ALL TOGETHER, the podcast dedicated to exploring how religious ideas and spiritual practice inform and shape our personal lives, our communities and our world. The…
The myth of religious violence by Karen Armstrong
Source: The Guardian By Karen Armstrong The popular belief that religion is the cause of the world’s bloodiest conflicts is central to our modern conviction that faith and politics should never…
Nominating Karen Armstrong for Literature Nobel Prize
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Karen Armstrong FRSL (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator known for her…
Muhammad One of the World’s Greatest Geniuses: Karen Armstrong
“If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses the world has known.” Karen…
NY Times: The external history of a religious tradition often seems divorced from the raison detre of faith. The spiritual quest is an interior journey; it is a psychic rather…
Video: Prophet Muhammad’s Compassion, according to Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong FRSL (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator known for her books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal…
Video: The Case for God: Karen Armstrong at St Paul’s Cathedral
Epigraph: Eyes cannot reach Him but He (Allah) reaches the eyes. And He is the Incomprehensible and ineffable, the All-Aware. (Al Quran 6:104) Karen Armstrong, acclaimed author and religious scholar, speaks…
Karen Armstrong On Epilepsy: Author Details The ‘Absolute Terror’ That Led To Diagnosis (Video)
Epigraph: Blessed is He in whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things. It is He who has created death and life that He might try…
Book Discussion on Mohammed (peace be on him) A Prophet for our Time – by Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong talked about her book Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time, published by HarperCollins in the Eminent Lives series. She described Muhammad, the prophet and founder of Islam, as a…
Video: Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time by Karen Armstrong
cspanvideo.org: Karen Armstrong talked about her book Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time, published by Harper Collins in the Eminent Lives series. She described Muhammad, the prophet and founder of Islam, as a respectful…
A Nobel for Karen Armstrong will bring the Christians and the Muslims closer in brotherhoodhttp://t.co/VrmitrZ41v pic.twitter.com/HzkzVuT2gT
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